Lady Tigers advance to Pink and White finals

11:15 PM,
Dec. 28, 2012

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Justin McMillin
FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

After a rather easy first half, the Ozark Lady Tigers might have put it in cruise control a little bit early Friday afternoon at the O'Reilly Family Event Center at Drury University.

But a pair of late 3-pointers by Courtney Clancy helped bail out top-seeded Ozark, leading to a 53-47, hard-fought win over No. 5 Ash Grove in the Pink Division semifinals of the Pink and White Lady Classic.

"It's like I told them at halftime," Ozark coach Yancey Little said, "(Ash Grove) is a good ballclub and they've (played) a lot of games together, a lot of big games together. If you keep them around, it's going to be ...